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Recognised as Colour

#75ACA5

  • #75ACA5
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#75ACA5 is a cyan with RGB values 117, 172, 165 and HSL 172°, 25%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#75ACA5#75ACA5
HEX#75ACA5
RGBrgb(117, 172, 165)
RGB (0–1)0.4588, 0.6745, 0.6471
RGB percentages45.9%, 67.5%, 64.7%
HSLhsl(172.4, 24.9%, 56.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.4, 32%, 67.5%)
CMYK32%, 0%, 4.1%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,711,909
CSS custom property--colour: #75ACA5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36004WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.2:1
Contrast with white2.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0
Inverted#8A535A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A7A6A5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original
Deuteranopia#9C9FA6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20 from the original
Tritanopia#63AEAAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.56:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 7.5Light seagreen · ΔE 18.4Dark cyan · ΔE 19.3Dark grey · ΔE 19.9Powder blue · ΔE 21.2Dark seagreen · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 7.51, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AC757C
Analogous#75AC8A, #7597AC
Triadic#A575AC, #ACA575
Split complementary#AC7597, #AC8A75
Tetradic#8A75AC, #AC757C, #98AC75

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F4F9F8
Lighter +30%#D5E5E3
Lighter +20%#B5D2CF
Lighter +10%#95BFBA
Darker −10%#59958D
Darker −20%#46756F
Darker −30%#335551
Darker −40%#203532
More saturated +25%#59C8BA
Less saturated −25%#919191

Channel breakdown

R117
G172
B165
Red117 (45.9%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue165 (64.7%)
Hue172.36°
Saturation (HSL)24.89%
Lightness56.67%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 75 · G AC · B A5

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